Born in La Baie in the Saguenay region, Clément Jacques recently gained public recognition throughout the province of Quebec (Canada) by performing as the opening act for Montréal singer-songwriter Ian Kelly, the young crooner from Toronto Matt Dusk and Canadian Idol Eva Avila. Smile for a While, a CD featuring five songs, was released in order to attract the attention of record companies but soon wound up, by popular demand, on record store shelves